C-reactive protein velocity to distinguish febrile bacterial infections from non-bacterial febrile illnesses in the emergency department

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Paran, Yael ^a   Yablecovitch, Doron ^a   Choshen, Guy ^a   Zeitlin, Ina ^a   Rogowski, Ori ^a   Ben Ami, Ronen ^a   Katzir, Michal ^a   Saranga, Hila ^a   Rosenzweig, Tovit ^b   Justo, Dan ^a   Orbach, Yaffa ^c   Halpern, Pinhas ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; AGED; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649134777     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7775     Document Type: Article

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